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            <td width="588" valign="top"> <p align="center" class="content style1">OU RUSSIAN-SPEAKING  STUDENTS SHARE <br>
              FOOD, CULTURE WITH  NORMAN COMMUNITY </p>
              <p align="right" class="content style1">  <span class="content style2">Katerina Tsetsura, RUSSA faculty advisor<br>
                Tel.: 405-325-4184, 405-361-4139<br>
                Email:&nbsp; <a href="mailto:tsetsura@ou.edu">tsetsura@ou.edu</a></span> </p>
              <p class="content">Norman, Okla. &ndash; The University of Oklahoma Russian-Speaking  Student Association (RUSSA) welcomed OU students, faculty and Norman citizens  to the first ever Russian-speaking cultural night Friday at the University of  Oklahoma. </p>
              <p class="content">More than 70 people filled the OU Jim Thorpe Multicultural  Center to share Russian and other ethnic food, learn interesting facts about  Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine and watch performances by  RUSSA members. </p>
              <p class="content">&ldquo;Our organization is very young but very ambitious,&rdquo; Irina  Lykina (native of Russia), an accounting student and Vice-president of RUSSA  said. &ldquo;We wanted to share our cultures and get people interested in our multiple  ethnic backgrounds. We all come from different countries, but the Russian  language and childhood common experiences unite us.&rdquo;</p>
              <p class="content">Guests were surprised to find out that Armenia is smaller  than Oklahoma, Ukraine is one of the world&rsquo;s main centers of sugar production, and  in the past 30 years the world&rsquo;s largest oil reserves have been found in  Kazakhstan. RUSSA members shared that their countrymen are leaders in  heavyweight boxing: Oleg Maskaev, Kazakhstan, is a WBC champion; Nikolay  Valuev, Russia, is a WBA champion; Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, is an IBF and  IBO champion; and Sergei Lyakhovich, Belarus, is a WBO champion. &ldquo;Do not mess  with us,&rdquo; one of the members joked in response. </p>
              <p class="content">RUSSA served a variety of Russian salads, Ukrainian meat and  potatoes, Kazakh rice and meat and ethnic desserts and drinks. Many guests  contributed to the potluck, including members of the OU Russian Club and PANAM  association. </p>
              <p class="content">Tsetsura sisters sang Russian folk songs, Dr. Yevgeniy  Slivkin, an instructor of Russian, read his poetry, and Lykina and Aliya  Urazimanova danced to famous pop-band Tatu. &ldquo;We performed with all our hearts,  and I think people who attended our event could really feel it,&rdquo; Urazimanova  (native of Kazakhstan), a business management student and a treasurer of RUSSA  said. </p>
              <p class="content">&ldquo;It was fantastic! I truly enjoyed performances,&rdquo; Eirasmin  Lokpez-Cobo, an OU mass communication graduate student said.</p>
              <p class="content">&ldquo;Because of RUSSA, we can socialize together and invite  other students and Norman community members celebrate Russian-speaking cultures  with us,&rdquo; Maksym Kovalov (native of Ukraine), a graduate student in political  sciences and RUSSA president said.</p>
              <p class="content">&ldquo;We are very impressed how active this small, young  organization is in bringing Russian and other cultures to Norman. I think it is  essential to let community know how truly diverse OU students are and how many  great talents they have. We will be happy to support RUSSA&rsquo;s cultural events in  the future,&rdquo; Lin Goldston, an international programs advisor of the OU  international student services said. </p>
              <p class="content">Russian-Speaking Student Association (RUSSA) was created in  the fall 2005 at OU. The mission of the student organization is to promote  Russian-speaking cultures to the University of Oklahoma and Norman community  and to unite Russian-speaking OU students, faculty and staff. </p>
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